When Fang Yuan returned to Liaozhou, he went directly to the Governor's Mansion.
Because today is already a day on duty, he is late.
But when Fang Yuan arrives at the Governor's Mansion, no one dares to say anything whether he is there or not.
As the second-in-command of the Governor's Office, Zhang San, if Fang Yuan doesn't talk about him, then naturally others can't either.
As soon as Fang Yuan sat down on the stool, he noticed that there were a lot of copywriting piled up on the desk, almost forming a mountain.
I sighed silently, and then started working on the first day of the new year.
The document promoting the imperial examination was placed at the top. Fang Yuan read it again and put it aside.
Judging from the documents, the court's policy is good and its starting point is good, but there are also problems.
For example, I believe that only a few states will respond to the suggestion that state governments spend their own money to send candidates to the capital.
The governors in charge of each state come from major aristocratic families, so it is good if they can actively promote the imperial examination.
And there are no subsidies, and I believe that few states are willing to pay out of their own pockets.
The next document is the notice of appointment and dismissal of the Ministry of Personnel, the notice of appointment and dismissal of the new county magistrate of Liaoshan County.
When Fang Yuan saw it, his brows suddenly furrowed.
He was appointed directly without his approval. Isn’t this not giving him face?
Not long ago, Wuling County directly appointed and dismissed Zhao Yingcai like this, and now it is the same. Some people are really going too far.
"Zhang San, go find out who this Su Chen is?"
Fang Yuan said expressionlessly.
Zhang San took the document in confusion, and his expression quickly darkened.
He went down with Fang Yuan's wishes and came back in about an hour.
"Su Chen, twenty-seven years old, is a martial artist from Jingzhao. He is the legitimate son of Secretary Cheng Su Dan. He was a student of the Imperial Academy before taking up the post of Liaoshan County Magistrate. His ancestor Yu Yin was the eldest son."
Zhang San brought back simple information.
Time is limited, so it is impossible to be very detailed.
"Secretary Cheng Su Dan's legitimate son?"
Fang Yuan said with a slightly weird expression.
He doesn't know Su Chen, nor does he know Su Dan.
But I remember that there are records in history: Secretary Cheng Su Dan’s daughter married Prince Li Chengqian.
Of course, it's not yet now. Li Chengqian is still young now, but it probably happened in the past few years.
"Do you want to check Secretary Cheng Sudan again?"
Zhang San said in a deep voice.
Dare to appoint or remove Liaoshan County magistrate without asking Fang Yuan's opinion, this is disrespectful to Fang Yuan.
"No need, you ask the county magistrates to come and have a meeting in the afternoon."
Fang Yuan shook his head and said.
It is the Ministry of Personnel that really decides on the appointment and dismissal of personnel.
There is no use in checking Su Yu, and there is no need to waste manpower and material resources.
Anyway, I don’t have a suitable candidate, so I can just accept it according to the wishes of the officials.
If you are disobedient, then the appointment and dismissal of officials is actually a joke. Now I can take down the other party at any time.
"Yes."
Zhang Sanying should leave.
In the afternoon, Liaoshan County Magistrate Su Chen was the first to arrive.
"Su Chen, the lower official, pays homage to the Governor!"
Su Chen put the things on the ground and saluted respectfully.
When they met for the first time, Fang Yuan secretly sighed at how good-looking Su Chen was.
Gentle and elegant, with a face as beautiful as a crown jewel, there will definitely be many rich women vying for her in future generations.
No wonder Su Dan’s daughter was able to marry the prince Li Chengqian. You can get a rough idea from this.
"No courtesy, please go to the conference room and wait."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
People haven't arrived yet, so he has to go in so early.
"My lord, I have absolutely no intention of taking the post of magistrate of Liaoshan County beyond my lordship."
"It's just that I'm being disrespectful. My uncle and my father are unwilling to listen to my opinions. Please forgive me, Lord Governor!"
Su Chen took two small steps forward, and put the gift that had just been placed on the ground on Fang Yuan's desk with a flattering smile.
"You're welcome, I don't accept gifts."
Fang Yuan shook his head and looked at Su Chen in surprise.
If this person is not honest, he is very good at dealing with others.
Give yourself gifts as soon as you appear on the stage, and express what you don’t mean.
Generally speaking, even if the superior is still dissatisfied with the matter, he will not give him small shoes.
"Yes, I understand."
Su Chen quickly took back the gift.
Then he saluted Fang Yuan and walked into the office of Zhang San and others on the side.
Fang Yuan nodded subconsciously, feeling that Su Chen was teachable, and his impression score improved a lot.
Soon, Su Chen came out again. The gift in his hand was no longer there. He bowed to Fang Yuan again and entered the conference room.
Not long after, Zhou Kaile and Sun Taihe arrived.
"The lower official pays homage to the Governor."
The two of them saluted respectfully.
The new year has passed, and not much has changed between the two of them.
"Let's go to the conference room."
Fang Yuan nodded slightly.
At the same time, people asked Zhang San and Qicao to join the army.
Soon, everyone was sitting around the conference room for a meeting.
"Except for Qicao who joined the army, including this officer, they are all newcomers to Liaozhou."
"As the saying goes, the new year brings new weather, I hope that there will be new changes in Liaozhou in the third year of Zhenguan."
Fang Yuan said slowly.
After the opening remarks, Zhang San and others applauded.
Su Chen and others didn't know why, but they also imitated Zhang San and others and applauded.
This is Fang Yuan’s new change in the meeting, please keep warm applause.
The previous meetings were all one-word talks. They listened and memorized what Fang Yuan said, and almost didn't speak.
This made the meeting very silent and depressing, which was not what Fang Yuan wanted, so he added applause.
"This meeting probably has the following points:"
"The first point: the first batch of goods from major factories in Liaozhou is about to be completed, and each county must at least be responsible for transporting them intact to the state and county towns for sale."
"What I mean is that there should be a cement road between each county seat leading to the state capital, and there should be a cement road between each county seat leading to each other."
Fang Yuan said slowly.
Before they finished speaking, Zhou Kaile and others looked troubled.
"I know it's not easy, and it also involves money for road construction."
"But difficulties bring challenges. Building cement roads can promote exchanges between counties, and selling goods can improve local finances. These are your political achievements."
Fang Yuan said slowly.
Also tell us about the benefits.
"Lord Governor, I am very willing to build a cement road."
"But Pingcheng County is too far from Liaozhou City, and Pingcheng County's finances cannot support it."
Sun Taihe looked confused and said.
He was once in charge of his family's porcelain business and knows how important good roads are to the porcelain business.
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However, building cement roads is expensive. It is impossible for the family to provide free funding, and the county government does not have so much money, so it can only be done out of will.
Zhou Kaile on the side nodded with deep understanding, also because he had no money, otherwise he must be the first county among the three counties in Liaozhou to build cement roads.
"I thought of this, so I came forward to negotiate with the cement manufacturers. Each county will contribute money in the name of the county government. The money will be given in small batches. The number of batches will be discussed later. What do you think?"
Fang Yuan thought of this.
He even thought of taking out a loan to build roads.
But unfortunately, the bank has not appeared yet.
However, this method is not much different from borrowing money to build roads.
"If this is the case, I would like to go all out to build the road."
Sun Taihe pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.
His family used to do business in Pingcheng County and knew the difficulties of expanding business abroad.
But if cement roads appear, from now on one city and three counties in Liaozhou can be sold, the market scope will be greatly expanded, local taxes will be greatly increased, and other caravans can be introduced, etc.
For a businessman, Sun Taihe feels that roads are very necessary.
Moreover, it is in the name of the county government, not in the name of an individual. The money owed is also owed by the county government, not by oneself, so there is no problem at all.
"I am willing to work hard to build roads!"
Zhou Kaile said respectfully.
He was the first to propose building roads.
Now that there is a way to support road construction, he is obliged to do so.
Fang Yuan nodded with satisfaction and finally looked at Liaoshan County Magistrate Su Chen.
"Lord Governor, roads are being built in Liaoshan County."
Su Chen said in confusion.
He had actually arrived in Liaoshan County a few days in advance.
In order to understand the work at hand as much as possible, and also know that the cement road is being built.
"The former county magistrate only gave a 50% deposit, and there was only one road leading to Liaozhou City."
Fang Yuan reminded.
"Don't worry, Governor, the remaining 50% will be taken up by the county government, and we are willing to do our best to build roads."
When Su Chen heard this, he immediately patted his chest and promised.
"Don't worry, everyone, road construction will be difficult in the early stage, but it will be a solid political achievement in the later stage."
"When the time comes, I will promote the talent introduction plan to allow more people to flow into one city and three counties in Liaozhou."
"Everyone, do your best. If there is still no harvest in political achievements after three years, I will report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and keep you in office for one or two years before you can be transferred!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Draw cakes for Zhou Kaile and others.
"The governor is wise!"
Zhou Kaile and others were stunned at first, then excitedly flattered him.
Being an official is for political achievements. If they can achieve political achievements, they can fight with their lives.
"The first point is this for now. If you have any questions, you can ask Chang Shi Zhang San."
"Next, let's talk about the second point. Regarding the imperial court's request to popularize the imperial examination in local areas, what do you think? You can speak freely."
Fang Yuan entered the second discussion session.
He wants to hear the thoughts of these county magistrates.
In this way, we can have a rough idea of the difficulty of implementing the imperial examination.
"Your Excellency, I believe that we should try our best to popularize the imperial examination and let as many people as possible know that the imperial examination is implemented by the imperial court, so that the people can clearly understand that the imperial court attaches great importance to the imperial examination."
Zhou Kaile was the first to express his opinion.
He recognizes that he has the worst background, and he also understands that it is not easy to stand up from a poor background.
Although the imperial examination was not established for ordinary people, it gave opportunities to people who had no family to rely on.
Fang Yuan nodded slightly, without expressing his opinion, and glanced at Su Chen and Sun Taihe.
"Lord Governor, I think it's enough to just show off."
"We have to build roads now, and we have to be responsible for the transportation and sales of goods from various factories. And spring plowing will come soon, so we don't have the time and manpower to promote it."
Sun Taihe pondered for a moment and said seriously.
Since Fang Yuan said that you can speak freely, then you can say anything.
If you don’t express your opinion at this time, you may be targeted if you mess around after it’s finalized.
Although Sun Taihe was an official for the first time, his previous business experience also gave him a lot of useful experience.
Fang Yuan also nodded slightly, but did not express any opinion, and finally looked at Su Chen.
"My lord, I think what Magistrate Sun said is absolutely true."
"And another point is that if we implement the imperial examination, many aristocratic families may be dissatisfied and stop it."
Su Chen said sarcastically.
When it came to the aristocratic family, he was worried that Fang Yuan would be dissatisfied.
After all, from what he learned, the aristocratic families looked down on Fang Yuan.
"Yes, your ideas are all reasonable."
"But I believe that it is imperative to popularize the imperial examination, and it must be implemented in the countryside in accordance with the imperial court's wishes, and let every common person know as much as possible."
Fang Yuan said slowly.
The final decision was made.
"I will obey the orders of the Governor!"
The three of them looked at each other and saluted with different expressions.
"If you have any opinions about the popular science examination, you can say it now."
"If you don't tell me and don't follow my orders when you get back, I will punish you."
Fang Yuan glanced at the crowd with sharp eyes.
The state capital manages each county, and each county manages each township and village.
In the final analysis, the implementation of policies still requires the cooperation of all counties.
However, Liaozhou has a small area, and Fang Yuan's current reputation is rising in various places, and it will not be affected without the counties.
"Yes, I understand."
The three of them felt a rush in their hearts and immediately responded.
"The number of people in this year's Spring Festival should be several times higher than in previous years. Si Gong will make the scale and venue bigger this time based on previous imperial examinations."
Fang Yuan nodded and looked at Si Gongdao aside.
There were imperial examinations every year in the Tang Dynasty, and they were held every year in local areas.
But as Fang Yuan said before, they don’t pay much attention to it and there are few people taking the exam.
"Yes, I understand."
Si Gong immediately said in a deep voice.
"Then the second thing will be hard work for you all again."
"The third thing is the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival. What do you think?"
Fang Yuan started to discuss the third matter.
In the Tang Dynasty, the New Year was actually not solemn, but the Lantern Festival was solemn.
At this time, people celebrate the New Year instead of the Lantern Festival, which is similar to the Chinese New Year in the future.
Every year during the Shangyuan Festival, the court will provide some support to local places to hold a beautiful Shangyuan Festival.
The three of them, Zhou Kaile and Zhou Kaile, looked at each other and said nothing in a tacit understanding, because they were all newcomers and had never done anything before.
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"Then just expand the scale a little bit like in previous years?"
Sihu Liu Wenshi suggested.
In previous years, if the counties did not do it, they would do it in the prefecture and city.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you to make it an unforgettable Lantern Festival."
Fang Yuan nodded.
He likes to celebrate the New Year as much as the Lantern Festival.
So Fang Yuan didn't expect what would happen if the Seventh Cao joined the army.
"Yes."
Seven Cao Cao joined the army and responded accordingly.
"The meeting is dismissed."
Fang Yuan waved his hand and said.
There was another round of warm applause.
Soon, everyone dispersed and the meeting officially ended.
The next day, Fang Yuan asked the state officials to change the billboard to promote the imperial examination.
But unexpectedly, Fang Yuan received a piece of bad news at noon.
A billboard in a village in Liaoshan County was cut down, as well as billboards near the village.
This is the first time that billboards have been cut down since they were first introduced.
"Where is the Liaoshan County Magistrate?"
"Order him to find out the whole story for me this afternoon!"
Fang Yuan was very angry about this.
I thought it was the aristocratic family causing trouble again.
"Yes!"
Zheng Jiu should do it in person.
In the afternoon, Su Chen arrived in a hurry.
"Master Governor, this matter may be a bit complicated. The person who cut down the billboard is from Sanjia Village. His name is Zhang Ji. He is quite talented and is somewhat famous in Liaoshan County."
"But in the years before you took office, you failed the provincial examination five times in a row, so you cursed the imperial examination as dark, and said that the imperial examination was for children of aristocratic families. There was quite a big fuss at that time. It seemed that there was an old man in his eighties.
Mother, I am fine."
"The official wanted to arrest someone, but the people in Sanjia Village were very angry and stopped me from arresting him. He said that Sanjia Village is under your protection. Unless you go there in person... I don't dare to arrest him by force."
Su Chen touched the sweat on his forehead and reported the report respectfully.
"Is Sanjia Village under my protection?"
Fang Yuan almost laughed out of anger.
He is the governor of everyone in Liaozhou, not the governor of Sanjia Village. He sounds like a bandit leader.
However, when he turned around and thought about it, Fang Yuan was also a little relieved. This was a manifestation of the support from the villagers of Sanjia Village.